Ryan Martin: Why we get mad -- and why it's healthy
Ryan Martin: Kodėl supykstame ir kodėl tai yra sveika?
Dr. Ryan Martin is the chair of the psychology department at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Full bio
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get a text from a friend, and it reads ...
gavote žinute nuo draugo, o ten...
I'm SO MAD right now!"
AŠ TAIP PYKSTU!“
and you ask for details.
ir prašote, kad papasakotų daugiau.
about what happened to them
or on their date last night.
ar pasimatyme vakar vakare.
to understand why they're so mad.
kodėl jie taip pyksta.
whether or not they should be so mad.
jiems apskritai reikėjo pykti.
essentially what I get to do every day,
ką aš darau kiekvieną dieną,
a good part of my professional life --
didžiąją dalį savo darbinio gyvenimo,
ir asmeninio gyvenimo,
they have when they get mad,
žmonės supyksta,
when they get mad,
or breaking things,
in all caps on the internet.
raidėmis internete.
savo pyktį,
their anger stories.
they need a therapist,
and it's something they can relate to.
suprantame visi.
since the first few months of life,
pirmųjų gyvenimo mėnesių,
in our cries of protests,
verkėme tam priešindamiesi,
you won't pick up the rattle, Dad,
tėti?
as my mom can certainly attest to with me.
mano mama tikrai gali tai patvirtinti.
at some of the worst moments of our lives.
savo gyvenimo akimirkose.
part of our grief.
sielvarto dalis.
in some of the best moments of our lives,
geriausiose gyvenimo situacijose,
like weddings and vacations
per vestuves ar atostogas,
frustrations --
kasdieninės problemos:
skrydžio vėlavimas,
when things go OK.
with people about their anger
that I've learned that many people,
kad daug žmonių
in this room right now,
šioje salėje
it interferes in your life,
maybe even the ways it's scary.
galbūt kartais net gąsdina.
I see anger a little differently,
bet matau pyktį kitaip.
something really important
kai ką svarbaus
force in your life.
jūsų gyvenime.
we actually have to back up
atsigręžti
in the first place.
supykstame.
of an anger researcher
who wrote about this back in 1996
1996 metais savo knygos skyriuje
with problematic anger.
problemišku pykčiu.
and I bet most of you,
galiu lažintis, jūsų
when people drive this slow,"
the milk out again."
šaldytuvą.“
people just need to stop messing with me."
žmonės tiesiog neturėtų manęs erzinti.“
those types of provocations,
provokacijas
my friends and colleagues and even family,
kolegų, net šeimos narių,
that really get to you?
to point out one of the advantages
buvimo pykčio tyrėju
generating a comprehensive list
that really irritate my colleagues.
that one's mine.
„žiedinės sankryžos“.
there is no rage like roundabout rage.
niekas taip nekelia įniršio kaip žiedai.
aren't minor at all.
about racism and sexism and bullying
rasizmą, seksizmą, patyčias,
big, global problems we all face.
pasaulines, mums visiems svarbias bėdas.
maybe even oddly specific.
gal net keistai konkretūs.
against the counter of a public bathroom."
viešajame tualete.“
two ways to plug them in,
du būdai juos įkišti,
take me three tries?"
whether it's general or specific,
konkreti priežastis,
that are unpleasant,
where our goals are blocked,
užkerta kelia mūsų tikslams,
and that leave us feeling powerless.
dėl jos jaučiamės bejėgiai.
we're feeling in these situations.
tokiose situacijose.
that we're scared or sad,
ar liūdni,
they aren't making us mad.
jei pykdytų,
over the same things, and we don't.
bet taip nėra.
than the reasons you get angry,
nei pykstate jūs,
something else going on.
priežastis.
at the moment of that provocation matters.
provokacijos akimirką.
are you hungry, are you tired,
ar mes alkani, ar pavargę,
are you running late for something?
ar vėluojame?
is not the provocation,
tai gerai ar blogai?
is it blameworthy, is it punishable?
Smerktina? Baudžiama?
it's when you evaluate the event itself.
įvertiname patį įvykį.
in the context of our lives
gyvenimo kontekste,
we decide how bad it is.
kiek blogai tai yra.
that's ever happened,
kada nors yra įvykę,
to imagine you are driving somewhere.
įsivaizduotumėte, kad kažkur važiuojate.
I should tell you,
that was going to make you mad,
kuri jus supykdys,
a lot like driving.
labai panaši į vairavimą.
on your way somewhere,
other drivers, road construction --
kiti vairuotojai, kelio darbai
and unwritten rules of the road,
vairavimo taisyklių
right in front of you,
prieš jūsų akis
people you will never see again,
kurių daugiau nepamatysite, todėl
for your wrath.
taikiniu jūsų įtūžiui.
thus teed up to be angry,
todėl esate nusitaikę pykti,
is driving well below the speed limit.
važiuoja gerokai lėčiau, nei leistina.
why they're driving so slow.
jis važiuoja taip lėtai.
it's bad and it's blameworthy.
ir smerktina.
it's not that big a deal.
tai nelabai svarbu.
you don't get angry.
Jūs nesupykstate.
to a job interview.
darbo pokalbį.
it hasn't changed, right?
nepasikeitė, tiesa?
still bad, still blameworthy.
Vis dar blogai, vis dar smerktina.
to cope with it sure does.
su tuo tvarkytis.
to that job interview.
piles and piles of money.
your dream job
move in with your parents.
kraustytis pas tėvus.
just to ruin your life.
kad sugriautų jūsų gyvenimą.
the one where we make the worst of things.
tai, kas blogiausia situacijoje.
types of thoughts that we know
minčių tipų
where it doesn't belong.
kur jai visai ne vieta.
kvaila,
you lost your car keys and you said,
neradote automobilio raktų ir sakėte:
they ran off on their own.
jie patys kažkur pabėgo.
they use words like "always,"
vartoja tokius žodžius: „visada“,
"this always happens to me,"
„man visada taip nutinka“,
on the way here today."
raudonai“.
ahead of the needs of others:
pastato prieš visų kitų:
is driving so slow,
važiuoja,
so I can get to this job interview."
aš spėčiau į darbo pokalbį.“
pabaisomis,
I've been told I'm not allowed to say
neleido sakyti
as cognitive distortions
iškraipymu ar net
neracionalūs,
are totally rational.
visiškai racionalios.
savanaudžių žmonių
when we're treated poorly,
su mumis negražiai elgiasi,
when we're treated poorly.
to remember from my talk today, it's this:
bent šitą dalyką:
kaip emocija,
both human and nonhuman,
tiek žmonėms, tiek ne,
artėjantį pavojų,
communicates to you
pasakyti jums,
to confront that injustice.
drąsos susidurti su ta neteisybe.
about the last time you got mad.
supykote.
you started to sweat.
pradėjote prakaituoti.
as your fight-or-flight system,
sistema,
the energy you need to respond.
slowed down so you could conserve energy.
kad taupytų energiją.
to get blood to your extremities.
kraujas patektų į galūnes.
of physiological experiences
patirčių modelis,
forces of nature.
gamtos jėgomis.
your ancestors did
darė jūsų protėviai, kad
or appropriate.
every time you're provoked.
užsimoti lazda kai esate provokuojamas.
weren't capable of.
to regulate your emotions.
and you can channel that anger
ir nukreipti pyktį
from getting angry.
ir atsipalaiduoti.
and that it's wrong to feel it.
yra blogis ir blogai jį jausti.
of anger as a motivator.
motivates you to get a drink of water,
motivates you to get a bite to eat,
pavalgyti,
to respond to injustice.
neteisybę.
to find things we should be mad about.
atrastume mus pykdančių dalykų.
and not worth getting angry over.
ir neverta.
environmental destruction,
ekologinė destrukcija –
those things are terrible,
tai siaubingi dalykai.
is to get mad first
pradžių turime supykti,
into fighting back.
kovai.
with aggression or hostility or violence.
ar smurtu.
that you can express your anger.
you can write letters to the editor,
rašyti laiškus redaktoriams,
and volunteer for causes,
you can create literature,
that cares for one another
those atrocities to happen.
you feel yourself getting angry,
to what that anger is telling you.
pyktis jums sako.
into something positive and productive.
į pozityvumą ir produktyvumą.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ryan Martin - PsychologistDr. Ryan Martin is the chair of the psychology department at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
Why you should listen
Dr. Ryan Martin teaches courses on mental illness and emotion, including a course on anger. He researches and writes on healthy and unhealthy expressions of anger. His website, All the Rage, covers recent research on anger and provides anger management tips on how to handle anger most effectively. He also hosts the popular psychology podcast, Psychology and Stuff.
Martin was trained as a counseling psychologist at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he first started studying anger after earning his undergraduate degree in psychology with a minor in criminal justice from the University of St. Thomas. He has worked with clients -- angry and otherwis -- in a variety of settings including community mental health centers, college counseling centers and a VA Hospital.
Martin is a professor of psychology and an associate dean for the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. His work has been featured in the New York Times, NPR's Invisibilia podcast, BBC Radio's Digital Human and elsewhere. When he's not thinking about feelings, he runs and spends time with his family.
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